Intel X58 in 2023 - Still A Good Platform to Run? i7 920, GTX 570 Build Part 1

[@BurstNibbler]

My old x58 system is still going strong. In 2010 I had two AMD 5870's in crossfire, 6GB ram, core i7 920 d0 @4Ghz (air). Upgraded over the years to Xeon 5670 @4Ghz, 12Gb CL9 1600Mhz, and very recently an Gigabyte Aorus 1080ti @2Ghz and and another set of 12Gb (3x4 DDR3) DIMMs to make it 24Gb. Sure, the only thing original is the motherboard, and I had other gfx cards (980Ti and two AMD 7970's before that) but in 30 years of PC gaming, this has been the most upgradable platform. 13 years and still going strong, as in all games at high settings, 1440p (Dell Ultrasharp 27" since 2010) and very little spent since the start (it did cost over 2000 bucks in 2010 though). Very impressive.

[@cs.studios]

I upgraded mine to i7 980x, 48gb ram, nvme native booting, and 3 way sli, will hope have a follow up video soon

[@opoxious1592]

The X58 is really unbelievable. I also play the newest games at 1440p with all graphics settings on maximum. A lot of people don't realize that for just a 200 bucks you have a motherboard, RAm, and CPU. You don't need to spend 3000 Dollars or more for a good gaming system. For about 30% of a 3000 Dollar pricetag (With the GPU is the most expensive), you can play all the 2023 games. Yeah ok, maybe 2 or 3 ( or 5 at max) games ask for AVX, but also for games having those requirements i have solved this problem usinmg costum patches and work-arrounds. So my dear pc gamers, if you have a low budget go for the 🏆X-58 🏆 platform with a Xeon CPU. I have the Xeon W3690 6 cores 12 treads (3.46Ghz stock) running at 4.6Ghz with no issues whatsoever. I also previously run my CPU at 5Ghz, but than you need quite a voltage bump, and at best you have 2 or 3 frames extra at that speed. So no need to strain it, and you can keep it at an easy 4.6Ghz with a max temp of arround 63 Celcius at a 1.45 Voltage. So the last important thing to say, is that you must overclock this CPU, to reach it's full potential.

[@cs.studios]

Wanted to also mention, I tested Overwatch 2 [works on windows 7 by transferring from windows 10 install] and it works great at 1080p high settings. Apex Legends, CS: GO, Fortnite also work on GTX 570. Let's see next video what else we can do with X58.

[@shuwenchiang9544]

my cpu i7 990x mb asus p6t se RAM 4G.4=24g VGA GTX 770 4G.2 Power 2000W

[@khanscombe619]

What amazing fun! I built on Tylersburg X58 since new w/ that same i7-980X then W3080 & X5675. (990X & W3090 was the last of fast on 2nd rev but the 1st 2 OC just as good). it had many GPU upgrades over the nearly 14 yrs from the 480 till recent testing on 2080-Ti. This system is rock solid. So much potential left to learn with. You done a bang up job. (: If anything next, explore overclocking on your 980X or try a X5675. but more so, an ASUS WS series mobo to unlock its potential (4.5GHz & DDR3-2000 Tri-Ch). Just to say I did, Cyberpunk 4k 40, or Flight Sim 4k 30. it's my 1st Intel X platform & it's served well. ASUS P6X58-E WS. last of the best on X58 w/ USB3, SATA-3 (sort of 2.5) 36 PCI-E 3.0 lanes for 3-way SLI or 4-way X-Fire w/ nVidia NF200. Keep up the fun mate!

[@cs.studios]

Part 2 has NVMe boot support. I’m finishing up part 3 now. I now have 3 gpus in SLI and the 980X overclocked. I can game at 4k

[@Dtr146]

The one thing you need to keep in mind is that x58 is missing some key instruction sets. It's also a very vulnerable platform if you piss the wrong people off.

[@cs.studios]

Yes it is, it can still do most things fine though. I am working on transferring things to a X99 based platform for a new video

[@Michael-K-1701]

Still have my Alienware Area 51 X58 system from 2010 (14yrs) only last week did my 980Ti Classified give a Error 43 and failed to run im on intergraded graphics until a replacement can be found. Not a bad run for my daily pc though

[@adilsonlima6440]

by the way happy new year and great content

[@juergenwinter8378]

Hi there, iam running X58 and a XEON X 5660 - on a MSI X58 Pro-E with 28gig 1600 mhz of ram, overclocked to 4.0 ghz, paired it with a gtx 1070 and it runs all games like a champ, even the new witcher 3 next gen. But the only big disadvantage of those cpu,s are the lack of the instructionset AVX. And this is very important for never games..., they will not start. Nice greetings from germany..., and keep up the goodwork..!!

[@cs.studios]

AVX is the only issue with using X58 in modern times. I’m planning to release part 3 this weekend and you’ll see my gpu power has gone up exponentially 😁

[@PersianImm0rtal]

You can actually run modern titles on x58, the 6 core xeons are dirt cheap, and you can put a rtx 3090 on x58

[@TheCompyshop]

It's bottlenecked if you put a 3090 on it. I'd even say a 3050 is bottlenecked on that CPU. The other thing is the old X58 platform chips are lacking modern instruction sets, so some games won't even run at all. You'd be better off buying a cheap Ryzen 1600 6 core for a new bucks and running it on an old B350 or A320 board for a cheap setup

[@PersianImm0rtal]

@@TheCompyshop it’s not bottlenecked at 4k

[@TheCompyshop]

@@PersianImm0rtal you don’t have a 4k monitor if you’re scraping by with an old platform lol. You’re using a 1080p or 1440p monitor. Even at 4k I'd argue it's bottlenecked, you have no idea how slow these chips are by today's standards

[@opoxious1592]

My x58 W3690 6 cores 12 threads runs overclocked at 5Ghz. Runs all new titels at highest settings with my RX 6900 XT like a charm.

[@PersianImm0rtal]

@@opoxious1592 make some videos with benchmarks it would be a joy to marvel at it!

[@paulburkey2]

there's a board mod to get those rev.1 EVGA X58 boards to run 12 thread Xeon's like the X5675 that would be a worthy video to make, if you do populate all 6 ram slots make sure all the dims are (single rank) R1 or performance will drop, but 24GB 3X8 (dual rank) R2 memory would be just a good. you would probably get better results with older games like Crysis on a Core 2 Quad or pin mod Xeon E5450 overclocked to 3.5-4.0 GHz because those older titles can't utilize more than 4 cores and 4 threads, that would be closer to your $100 range, and upgrade your GPU to something like a used GTX 1050-1650 or RX480- RX570 will run way better than any SLI setup which were only good for benchmarks, you could even run newer titles like Fortnite in performance mode @75FPS

[@cs.studios]

In my case I have the E758 rev 1.0 board, EVGA’s first X58 board. From the research I did the mod works on rev 1.2 of e758 model. There are many other evga models that support xeon with the mod but mine is apparently not one of them. I did get a i7 980x for cheap though and RAM will be maxed out but I don’t wanna give too many spoilers just yet. I know its easy to buy something like rx 580 or 1060/1660 gpu and have decent performance but I kinda wanted to do a older build with SLI. I do have other rigs that are modern. I will of course tell people in the video and recommended them not to follow my way because I’m doing a crazy quad sli build LOL

[@MrMcslammer1]

I'm actually ordering the x5675 right now for my asus x58 board. The most recent bios added support for all of the 1366 socket xeons

[@SultanOfAwesome]

I used to want that motherboard because it was advertised in burnout paradise.

[@certs743]

Cool video. I still have an X79 Dell T3600 with 64GBs of RAM that just keeps kicking butt. I also have newer i5 6500 and 8400 based machines and they don't compare.

[@cs.studios]

The old towers were built different. New ones aren’t as nicely built.

[@adilsonlima6440]

use a xeon x5660 and overclock it to the skye. they are cheaper on aliexpress and come with 6 cores and 12threads done dath and had no complaints

[@cs.studios]

Apperently my x58 board doesn’t support Xeons. It’s evga first x58 motherboard (rev 1.0) but I got the i7 980X super cheap

[@PersianImm0rtal]

You should get a xeon w3690 x58 cpu (unlocked 6 core that can overclock to 4.0 gherz on air cooler no hassle), then put a 4070 ti or 4090 in it.

[@robr4662]

😁

[@cs.studios]

Lol I had a RTX 3090 in my other x58 build in early 2022. But for this build I’ve gone with a more modest gpu. If I had a 4090 it would go in my i9 10980XE build 😅 im trying to source a 2nd gpu for sli right now to finish this one

[@opoxious1592]

I have my W3690 running at 4.8Ghz. Runs great.

[@rrokin]

Did you disable meltdown/spectre patches? Can be done using InSpectre

[@cs.studios]

Yes I will go over this in part 3 video

[@xaserizm]

i have the same setup rn a i7 920 and rx 570 but i have a asus stackcool 2 mobo

[@3styler1]

x58 mobo here, x5690 with gtx 960 4gb still runs all games

[@cs.studios]

I just put a better gpu now it runs everything. Will release new video soon

[@albertabdul-barrwang3494]

Any chance to test New World?

[@MrMcslammer1]

I still use my P6T deluxe v2 board with a gtx 970 and bloomfied i7 920. I can play anything - Elden Ring, Witcher 3 etc @ 30fps at least. Has done me well since 2009 lmao. I think with unreal 5 I'm finally gonna need to spring for a new PC. In the meantime I may upgrade the bios and get a cheap xeon x5675 for the 6 cores to see what happens. W/gtx 970 the bottleneck is almost 0% with Xeon vs i7 920 - which is not an ideal pair at all vs bneck.Breck.. Remember too, if you have a similar setup w/ p6T x58 board, you must have current bios to install a Xeon processor. Stock bios(I forget the version) will not recognize a Xeon.

[@cs.studios]

If you see my part 2 video I’m running a late 2022 bios that supports native nvme booting =D these x58 systems have aged extremely well

[@MrMcslammer1]

@@cs.studios oh no way really? It's super annoying having to boot off my HDD not to mention sata 2 only reaching 3 gb/s. Are you using a p6t deluxe v2 or a different x58 board?

[@MrMcslammer1]

@@cs.studios oh nvm I know you're not using that board, unfortunately I don't think that's possible on mine :(

[@cs.studios]

The nvme mod works on almost any x58 board

[@opoxious1592]

I have the same motherboard like you, and i run my W3690 cpu at 4.8Ghz in combination wit an RX 6900 XT playing all games at highest graphics settings at 1440p with an easy 120+ fps. You don't have to buy a complete new system. Just buy the best one the same cpu i've got, or the i7 990x, and overclock it the 5675 is also a good option, but the cpu's i did mentioned earlier have a unlocked multiplier, that gives more flexebilty for overclocking. And buy a newer GPU (like 2nd generation), and you are ready to go. I also have installed 48GB of ram on my mobo, instead of the offcial max of 24GB. and it worls like a charm. So in a nutshell: the X58 still rocks.

[@aliakas]

guyz unfortunately the I7 920 cant run the new Unreal Engine 5 so all the new games comes with that engine cant load and play i have mine from 2009 and was very happy with it but now its time to move on ...

[@cs.studios]

Yeah unfortunately with AVX support X58 won’t be as viable for gaming as time goes on

[@GhostGamer799]

You look like tony Montana

[@solafide777]

Do U know Korean? I read it on the backboard. 🙂

[@cs.studios]

My wife is korean. I can read/write elementary level and speak toddler level 🤣

[@Duncan-Donuts]

X58 won’t die because of servers lol

[@paulburkey2]

$100? 🙃

[@cs.studios]

It started with $70, which is the cost of the build in this video but part 2 has already skyrocketed the price 🤣

[@feelsbad1193]

I have an old X58 with a xeon 5680 and 32gb ram that is solid. It's 6 core clocked at 4.4ghz on an Asus and all it needed was a bios update to see the CPU.

[@cs.studios]

Mine is now much better than this video, i should hopefully have a new video soon. Also got nvme native booting now

[@feelsbad1193]

@@cs.studios Did you use clover to get it to see NVME? I wanna stick an NVME in mine. It does not have UEFI bios though as that was not widely used at that time.

[@cs.studios]

No it’s a bios mod, no need for any bootloader

[@feelsbad1193]

@@cs.studios For an EVGA board though. Wish I could find one for Asus P6X58D Premium.

[@cs.studios]

All X58 motherboards, you’ll see in my next video. It’s focused just on nvme support